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Our team sent some questions via email to the Library of Congress and here is their response. Check out some of the cool links if you want more information about the Library of Congress!
Thank you for visiting the Library of Congress web site. Your communication will be reviewed and will receive an additional response in accordance with the Library's Reference Policy.
The primary mission of the Library of Congress is to serve Members of the Congress and, thereafter, the needs of the government, other libraries, and members of the public, universities, and learned societies.
Library of Congress staff will respond to your reference and information needs to the extent possible. Please note that the scope of our services does not include: 1) compilation of bibliographies; 2) response to requests for information connected with school assignments; debates, and contests; and 3) research in heraldry or family history.
The Library of Congress encourages correspondents to use local library resources first, particularly their online catalogs and reference email services. Public, state, academic, and special libraries are often able to respond more quickly and thoroughly than we and are better able to identify and respond to specific and ongoing research needs. Local reference librarians often rely on state and regional library networks to supplement their resources and on the Library of Congress for questions requiring access to our collections.
Please note that the collections in the Library of Congress (books, serials, music and sound recordings, cartographic items, visual materials, computer files, etc.) are generally not available as digital versions via the Internet. However, as many libraries are doing, the Library is reproducing portions of its collections as digital works, via the American Memory project.
For further information, please visit the following web pages.
General Information http://lcweb.loc.gov/faq
Services for Researchers http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/
Legislative Information: Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/
Research and Reference http://lcweb.loc.gov/faq/research.html
Library of Congress Internet Services http://lcweb.loc.gov/faq/netfaq.html
American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
